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The King of Petrol

The King of Petrol

Original Title: ملك البترول

19621h 34m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1962

Runtime

1h 34m

Storyline

The film revolves around a veterinarian who decides to go to the countryside to practice his work and settle there in the countryside. The doctor proposes to the daughter of one of the village's wealthy men, but the girl's father agrees to the engagement, but on one condition: that the doctor give up the piece of land he owns because the girl's father believed that this land had oil.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Feb 19, 1962
Languages
Arabic
Director
Hasan El-Saifi
Hasan El-Saifi
Production Countries
Egypt

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